Example sentences of "be [verb] it as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick . |
2 | FoE 's rainforests campaigner , Tony Juniper , admits that some tree planting is a good idea , but says that " politicians are using it as a green smokescreen to hide the failure of developed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide " . |
3 | ‘ The Bosnian Serbs are using humanitarian aid as a military weapon and the Bosnian government and Croatian groups are using it as a political weapon . ’ |
4 | The United States department of defence is currently looking at using multi media to train reservists , and a few publishers are using it as an exciting new media for publishing encyclopaedias . |
5 | The item may be faulty , or the wrong size/colour , or the customer may have been given it as a present . |
6 | The majority have simply been using it as a solvent . |
7 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
8 | Well kids stay all the time but they 've been using it as a doss house , you know , |
9 | Sometimes we are to treat it as a drawing of a box , sometimes as one of wire frames . |
10 | People who do n't have a real understanding of vibe are adopting it as a pose . ’ |
11 | This is a similar sort of thing to passing current through , but this time we 're using it as a battery . |
12 | It was sensible , as Mrs Thatcher had , ‘ to counsel caution in the maelstrom , but it all depends on whether you 're saying that in order to guide events in a steady fashion or whether you 're using it as an alibi to do nothing . |
13 | So you 're using it as an excuse ? |
14 | We 're keeping it as a monument to its origins during the war |
15 | No , oh , well no , we 're painting it as a female problem exclusively , but one that 's been |
16 | He took a drink and went on , " Okay , so they 're invading Earth , but they 're doing it as a tax dodge so that — " |
17 | But on paper you can see that you 're intending it as a an augmented interval . |
18 | You sorted it out and settled it ten years ago , but now you are facing it as a new problem at your present age . |
19 | ‘ He is safe and well and we are treating it as a genuine abduction . ’ |
20 | ‘ We are treating it as a drug induced death , ’ said a spokesman for the San Diego medical examiner 's office . |
21 | Because we are treating it as a stock , the supply of bills is drawn vertically , at . |
22 | Meantime I am treating it as a double murder . ’ |
23 | I 've been treating it as a wart . |
24 | Many anglers are hailing it as the most significant advance in fishing tackle during the past 20 years and Dave Chilton , the man who has popularised its use , believes that the line , made from the world 's strongest man-made fibre ( Lancia uses it to strengthen the internal bodywork of its cars ) , may revolutionise all branches of the sport . |
25 | You might be using it as an , as an insult . |
26 | But you do n't seem to be advocating it as a way forward ? |
27 | She says I should n't be treating it as a doll 's house , a playing place when I 'm young . ’ |
28 | I 'm not giving it to you out of charity , I 'm giving it as a present to my son . |
29 | But there is enough to suggest one could be hailing it as a masterpiece in future . |
30 | Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday . |